Blackberry Spice Cake
Submitted by Sue Lowes on Feb 02, 2010

Blackberry Spice Cake

Servings:
8

Complexity:   
Easy

Total Time:
1&1/2 hours

Ingredients:
2 large eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup vanilla yogurt
1 cup packed brown sugar
1&1/2 cups whole-grain pastry flour
1&1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoons ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pint blackberries

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a 9 inch cake pan. In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, oil and yogurt. Stir in the brown sugar. In a large bowl, combine the flour, spices, baking soda and salt. Form a well in center and add the yogurt mixture, stirring just until blended. Fold in the blackberries.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Coll in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes.

Run a knife around the inside of the pan and tap it on all sides to loosen the cake. Invert onto a serving plate.

Cook's Notes:
You can substitute frozen berries for fresh ones. Instead of mixing them into the batter, scatter them on the bottom of the pan before baking. When you invert the pan, the juices will act like a glaze.

Also, you can mix in apples with the batter as well as the blackberries.